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(23) Miscellaneous.
All scholarship children are medically examined soon after
taking up their scholarships. The schools at which such scholarships
are held are :
(1) The Grove School ) TT- , y,, . „ .
(2) The Russell School )' H,^her Elementary Schools.
(3) The West Ham Secondary School.
(4) The Plaistow Secondary School.
(5) St. Angela's High School for Girls.
(6) West Ham High School for Girls.
(7) A few boys hold their scholarships at St. Bonaventure's.
Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6 have been dealt with in separate reports.
The Crove School.
All the pupils at the Grove School are scholarship children
from the Elementary Schools. The School is visited twice annually,
when Entrants and Leavers are examined.
The numbers examined were as follows :—
Boys, 59. Girls, 123. Total, 182.
The chief defects found and referred for treatment were as
follows :—
Skin Conditions 2 Defective Vision 9
Oral Sepsis 7 Deafness degree 2/20 1
Chronic Otitis Media 1 Enlarged Tonsils 2
Total 22
Defects requiring Observations:—
Heart Disease 1 Disordered action of heart 1
Anaemia 1 Enlarged Tonsils 1
Oral Sepsis 1 Enlarged Cervical Glands 1
Scoliosis 1
Total7
All the children found defective are followed up by the Nurses
and re-inspected by the Doctor at the School Clinic or the following
examination at the School. Mr. Madden, the Head Master,
takes a great interest in the welfare of all the scholars, and his
kind co-operation during the visits of the Doctor to the School is
much appreciated.
The Russell School.
A visit of Inspection was made in July, 1930, when the
"Leavers" were examined—54 boys and 32 girls. The pupils
commenced their training at the School in August, 1927, and were
then medically examined. The present examination shows that
the pupils, almost without exception, have done splendidly, the
physique and general fitness in many cases being exceptional.
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